1st Grade Writing Worksheets
Opinion writing, how-to steps, a friendly letter, story planning and describing words. · W.1.1 / W.1.2 / W.1.3 / W.1.5
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W.1.1My Favorite Animal: Opinion Writing
Opinion writing
W.1.2How to Make a Sandwich
Informative writing
W.1.5Write a Friendly Letter
Letter writing
W.1.3Story Planner
Narrative writing
W.1.2Describe It with Your Senses
Descriptive writing
W.1.3My Weekend Journal
Narrative writing
W.1.2All About an Animal
Informative writing
W.1.5Write a Thank-You Note
Letter writing
L.1.2.BFix the Sentences
Capitals and punctuation
W.1.1The Best Season: Opinion Writing
Opinion writing
W.1.2Describe My Favorite Toy
Descriptive writing
W.1.5Write a Friendly Note
Letter writing
About these 1st grade writing worksheets
These 1st grade writing worksheets give a six-year-old a frame for each kind of writing the Common Core asks for: an opinion with reasons, a how-to in order, a story with characters, setting, problem and solution, a friendly letter, and a description using the senses.
Graphic organisers matter at this age. Planning on a frame first means the child spends their effort on ideas and sentences instead of on remembering what comes next.
What these 12 worksheets cover
- Opinion writing with two reasons (W.1.1)
- How-to writing with order words (W.1.2)
- A story planner (W.1.3)
- Writing a friendly letter (W.1.5)
- Describing with the five senses (W.1.2)
- A weekend journal entry
- An all-about-an-animal report
- Writing a thank-you note
- Fixing capitals and punctuation
- Opinion writing about a favorite season
- Describe My Favorite Toy
- Write a Friendly Note
All worksheet sets
How to get the most out of them
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Talk the ideas through first. If your child can say it, they can write it.
- 2
Let them draw before writing on the how-to and story sheets — the drawing is the plan.
- 3
Post the friendly letter for real. Writing to a real reader is the best motivation there is.
1st Grade Writing Worksheets — questions parents ask
- What writing should a 1st grader do?
- Short opinion pieces, informative or how-to pieces and simple narratives, each with a beginning and an ending, plus letters and labels.
- Should I correct spelling in writing practice?
- Focus on ideas first. Circle one or two words to fix afterwards rather than correcting every error.
